Half Day Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace Tours

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Highlights

Visit the largest and oldest palace in the world Topkapi Palace. It is one of the highlights of Turkey.

Shop in the largest covered markets in the world Grand Bazaar (Kapali Çarşı)

Entrance fees included

Transport by Private De-Luxe Cars.

Private Local Licensed Guide.

No shopping stops along the way ! “Without the hassle of being taken to various factory outlets or shopping “.

Schedule details

Visit the outstanding, most important, and most famous the biggest mosques of İstanbul, Blue Mosque Visit the Topkapi Palace, once the palace of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Topkapi is a vast treasury of Islamic culture, science and weaponry, visited by over 2 million people every year. Topkapi Palace is one of the highlights of Turkey. After leaving the Topkapi Palace, you will finally have the opportunity to do some haggling at the Grand Bazaar, the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is like any bazaar except that, as its explains, it is all within one huge building. Depending on how you measure it, the covered market here could be the largest shopping center in the world, numbering over 4,000 individual shops, you will find among masses of modern trash an approximation of youthful dreams of the glamorous oriental market.

Inclusions

Pickup and drop off where the tour concludes. “Hotel or Cruise Ports”

Private Local Licensed Guide

Private De-Luxe Cars,

All Entrance Fees

No shopping stops along the way !

Travel Excellence Guaranteed !

Price Chart

Payment

No pre-payment is requested. Payment of the tour can be made at the end of the tour in cash USD or EURO or Turkish Lira or by credit card ( Visa or Master Card ) in USD or in EURO. There is not any extra for Credit Card payments.

The above prices are valid for a tour in English or German (please let us know which language you prefer. For other languages; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Italian and French, Available only on request. Please include the form any language you want for your ideal itinerary..

Additional information

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 7 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability.

At time of booking, Cruise Ship passengers must provide the following details under Special Requirements: Ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time.

Children 6-18 years must be accompanied by an adult

Please enter your preferred pickup time in the Special Requirements box at the time of booking, and reconfirm 48 hours prior to the tour’s departure time.

276 Reviews

On previous trips to Istanbul we have walked pass the entrance to the Archaeological Museum simply because we thought there were more exciting ‘attractions’ to visit than an archaeological museum as a result this museum never made it onto our ‘must visit’ list, how wrong we were.

Wonderful! Congratulations! But to refer to a monument maybe the title should talk by itself about its heritage. Hagia Sophia (meaning in Greek “God’s Wisdom”) was built as a Christian Orthodox Cathedral and was transferred to a mosque centuries later.It is oxymoron (contradictory) to have a Greek-Byzantine name to Mosque. Correct Historic and Academic name: “Hagia Sophia Orthodox patriarchal basilica.” Congratulations again for the site!

Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii)

We completely enjoyed our day with Taylan, who is Turkish. He was very generous with his time and extremely knowledgable regarding the history as well as cultural and religious aspects of Istanbul and the country of Turkey. He was consciencious and careful to arrive on time with a clean, reliable car and he gave us good advice for the rest of our trip. He extended the tour beyond that which he had offered to show us. Really great!

Topkapi Palace is a series of bildings on the asian side of Istanbul, former home to the Emperors. It is now a series of museums and a major tourist attraction. Well worth the trip and price of admission and something I highly recommend.

Ok, everybody knows what the grand bazar is so just some hints and tips. For orientation: Up is always south and west.
1. Avoid the "main" entrance from the tram station if possible, the most aggressive vendors wait just outside.
2. Whatever you see there it is on sale and unique and can only be bought in this shop. Wrong…

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